Jewish Population by Country 2022

Judaism is one of the world’s oldest and most powerful faiths, with more than 14.7 million adherents in 2019. With the “enhanced” Jewish population, including those with just a sliver of Jewish ancestry, the global Jewish population grows to 20 million people.




Israel and the United States are the two countries where the majority of Jewish people dwell. In April 2021, an estimated 6.89 million Jews were living in Israel, according to statistics from the Jewish Virtual Library and also the American Jewish Year Book cited in this post.

Only 5.7 million people in the United States, mostly in New York, California, Florida, and the state of New Jersey. There are only two countries with populations of more than one million Jews: Israel and Palestine.

Top 10 Countries with the Largest Jewish Populations in 2019:

  1. Israel – 6,894,000 (2021 data)
  2. United States – 5,700,000 (Possibly 6.7 million. Sources differ.)
  3. France – 450,000
  4. Canada – 392,000
  5. United Kingdom – 292,000
  6. Argentina – 180,000
  7. Russia – 165,000
  8. Germany – 118,000 (tie)
  9. Australia – 118,000 (tie)
  10. Brazil – 92,600

Countries with the Lowest Jewish Populations:*

More than a dozen countries have fewer than 100 Jewish residents, according to the Jewish Federations of North America’s 2019 estimates: Armenia; Bermuda; the Democratic Republic of Congo; Cyprus; the Dominican Republic; Egypt; Ethiopia; Indonesia; Madagascar; Malta; Nigeria; the Philippines; Slovenia; South Korea; Syria; and Taiwan.




CountryJewish Population (Sept. 2021)% of Global2022 Population
Israel69300000.45598922.8920
United States60000000.3947334805.2690
France4460000.029365584.5180
Canada3935000.025938388.4190
United Kingdom2920000.019268497.9070
Argentina1750000.011546010.2340
Russia1500000.0099145805.9470
Australia1180000.007826068.7920
Germany1180000.007883883.5960
Brazil915000.0060215353.5930
South Africa520000.006060756.1350
Hungary470000.00609606.2590
Ukraine430000.006043192.1220
Mexico400000.0060131562.7720
Netherlands300000.006017211.4470
Belgium290000.006011668.2780
Italy270000.006060262.7700
Switzerland185000.00608773.6370
Uruguay160000.00603496.0160
Chile160000.006019250.1950
Sweden150000.006010218.9710
Turkey145000.006085561.9760
Spain130000.006046719.1420
Panama100000.00604446.9640
Austria100000.00609066.7100
Bermuda50061.9390
United States Virgin Islands500103.9710
Curacao500165.5290
Barbados500288.0230
Bahamas500400.5160
Malta500444.0330
Suriname500596.8310
Cyprus5001223.3870
Bahrain5001783.9830
Slovenia5002078.0340
North Macedonia5002081.3040
Botswana5002441.1620
Namibia5002633.8740
Albania5002866.3740
Armenia5002971.9660
Jamaica5002985.0940
Republic of the Congo5005797.8050
Turkmenistan5006201.9430
El Salvador5006550.3890
Kyrgyzstan5006728.2710
Tajikistan5009957.4640
United Arab Emirates50010081.7850
Dominican Republic50011056.3700
Cuba50011305.6520
Bolivia50011992.6560
Zimbabwe50015331.4280
Syria50019364.8090
Taiwan50023888.5950
Madagascar50029178.0770
Yemen50031154.8670
South Korea50051329.8990
Kenya50056215.2210
Thailand50070078.2030
Egypt500106156.6920
Philippines500112508.9940
Nigeria500216746.9340
Indonesia500279134.5050




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